TO BE A DOG

Written by Rimgaudas P. Kiliulis

WGAW #1738463

Vilnius-Istanbul, rimgaudas.kiliulis@gmail.com , +37065553445

Logline

Hooked on the idea of visualising dog smells, a programmer startsto see smells when he stops treating his dog as a test subject.

SynopsisAfter his company goes bankrupt in New York, Bryan (45), aprogrammer, becomes obsessed by the idea of visualizing smellsbased on signals sent by a dog’s brain. He promises his son thathe will create an app allowing the user to delve into a canineworld of smells. Human and canine POV scenes interchange.

The programmer pitches his idea to a Virtual Reality HeadsetCompany, claiming that because a dog’s vision is limited to thecolors blue and yellow, other colors could be used forrepresenting scents. The Company rejects his idea as unrealisticeven though the dog's POV or point of smell generates impressivevisuals. Bryan finds employment in an Istanbul-based CanalBuilding Company creating apps for drones. The second Bosphoruswill make Istanbul an island. His colleague Deniz (35) flirtswith the divorced American but fails to elicit a reaction.

Bryan adopts a stray dog, Kurt, and asks a vet to implant brainsensors and a microchip into the dog’s brains. Bryan and the dogdo not get along. He treats the dog like a test subject. Thedog’s brain sensors only emit chaotic and unclear signals. Bryanpurposely allows stray dogs to attack Kurt in order to understandhis brain signals better. Deniz stops him and accuses him ofbeing heartless.

Disappointed, Bryan stops conducting his experiments and leavesfor the Black Sea coast with Kurt. Man and dog spend days withoutany computer or conducting any experiments and the two form abond. Bryan finds a friend in Kurt. Deniz visits the pair andsleeps with Bryan in the tent. She concludes that the dog andBryan have both recovered mentally.Bryan discovers that Kurt’s brain signals have become clean andclear. He sends the first smell signal to his son and asks him toassign a color and form to it. The programmer concludes that theneurons in Kurt’s brain have created a Pavlovian reflex inBryan’s human brain – conditioning a reflex to be empathic. Onlynow did the canine brain signals reveal themselves.

However, there is no time to rejoice in his success becausethe Islamic State and Turkish agents intervene and try tokidnap Kurt because of his microchip. The secret agent Denizstored compromising information about the enemies of the Canalon the microchip. The human-canine duo escapes and hides inthe area of the canal building. Terrorists shoot and injurethe dog. Bryan shields Kurt with his body when a grenadeexplodes. He suffers a contusion and loses his sight.

Deniz visits Bryan in the hospital and tries to explain whyshe exploited both him and the dog. The doctor promises toreturn Bryan’s sight and implants temporary blind sensorsconnected to a camera. Bryan links the sensors to Kurt’simplants.

An otherworldly, impressionistic vision of the Earth revealsitself in blue and yellow. Static objects are blurred andeverything in motion appears in contrast. Everything emanatesa colored scent and is dispersed by a colorful wind. The blindBryan starts to run. His eyes and nose run faithfullyalongside him.

Bryan, his son and Kurt visit a Disney theme park where peoplesee what their pets smell through VR headsets.

Bryan tells his son that he and Kurt now have a new jobdiagnosing cancer flawlessly.

Several canine-human duos with VR glasses run by in NYCCentral Park. Kurt trots behind Deniz.

EXT. NYC CENTRAL PARK - MORNING.

Dogs and their owns run by in the park.

Bryan (45) has an eagle nose with a moustache and iswearing a large old-fashioned suit. He pulls apoodle’s leash closer to the bench. The poodle plantsits feet down on the ground trying to resist but getspulled over by force.

Bryan sits on the bench, puts the computer helmet onand taps the egg-shaped keyboard. The poodle turnsaround itself trying to get the device mounted on hisneck off.

Bryan releases the leash. The dog runs away.

BRYANSit. Bad dog.

The dog stops and looks back.

EXT. ALIEN WORLD - MORNING. DOG’S POV.

Bi-colored canine vision creates a blue and yellowworld with blue grass and leaves and a yellow sun.Smells are represented by the remaining colors.

All objects emanate scents and are surrounded by agreen and orange fog. A colourful wind blows from theright and mixes in with the other colors, turninginto small circular clouds of colored smells.

The dog hears the sharp high sounds of insects in thegrass. The sound of a dog barking hits strongly.

Static objects such as tree trunks are blurred,while the swinging branches stand out incontrast.

The sight is reminiscent of an impressionistpainting:http://www.theartstory.org/images20/works/impressionism_2.jpg?1

A bunch of orange bubbles pulsates over the surfaceof the bench. A human shape in a large suit emerges.The armpits, mouth, hips and feet produce the mostcolors. The human figure approaches with an extendedhand. The poodle’s growling changes to barking. Thedog bites into Bryan’s trousers.

A passer-by is talking to someone on the phone. Hisdog joins the fighting poodle and barks at Bryan. Bythis time, three dogs have surrounded Bryan and arebarking at him. Bryan dances around trying toprotect himself from the dogs. The trousers rip andthe poodle tears out a piece of Bryan’s trouser leg.

A police car with blue and yellow lights stops toassess the situation. The officers step out of thecar and shoo the dogs away, leading Bryan away withhis dog.

INT. VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET COMPANY - DAY.

A suited clerk with shiny hair (40) points to aphoto in a newspaper in which the police is walkingBryan away from Central Park.The open-mouthed poodle is in the next photo.

CLERK(standing,

threatening voice) Haveyou seen this?

Bryan sinks into the chair and presses the egg-shaped keyboard.

BRYANDon’t pay any attention to that.

CLERK(raised voice)

You are forbidden to workwith animals. And ourcorporation has been accusedof conducting unethicalexperiments with pets.

Bryan lifts his spectacles up to his forehead, putsthe egg-keyboard into his pocket and straightens hisback.

BRYANYou mentioned having a Germanshepherd when you were achild. Do you know how manycolors dogs can see?

CLERK(sits)

I already know from your project.

Bryan stands up with his hair dishevelled.

BRYAN(slowly punctuating his words)

Think about it, nature pointsstraight to the solution: adog's vision consists of thecolors blue and yellow. Theother colors can be used forvisualising scents from adog’s brain signals.

CLERKOriginal idea. But noone understands brainsignals.

BRYAN

If smells were assigned acolor, perhaps the worldwould look a lot like thispicture?

Bryan nods his head in the direction of theimpressionist Manet poster on the wall.

CLERKYou’d never want to leave aplace like that. Your idea hascaptured my imagination.Unfortunately, you create theillusion of a success story.But the decision has alreadybeen made. Our Corporationwill not finance the project.

The clerk hands Bryan a paper file and opensthe door. Bryan hobbles out, hunched over.

EXT. DISNEY PANDORA AVATAR PARK - DAY.

Bryan meets his son (7) as he climbs out of hismother’s car. A man sits alongside the mother. Fatherand son embrace and enter the park.

SONYou’re going to dig achannel? Mom said to give youthis.

The boy gives his father a toy shovel.

Bryan raises his eyebrows. He grins and startspretending that he is digging away with the shovel.

The father gives the VR headset to his son andputs a VR helmet on himself.

BRYANSee the globe hologram? TheBosphorus canal separates Europefrom Asia. I will create appsfor drones that will protect theBosphorus and the future Canalof Istanbul.

SON(snivels)

I don’t need any canal. Youpromised to transport me intothe world of dog smells. Andnow you’re leaving. You don’tlove me.

Bryan points to a dog tied to the park entrance.

BRYANMy dear boy, I will find man’sbest friend in Istanbul and Iwill send you one scent a day.

And you will choose the colorand the shape of the smell. It’syou who likes the drawing.

SONIt doesn’t matter anyway. Momwon’t allow us to keep a dog.Did you really hurt thatsilly poodle? Mom calls you avirtual father.

BRYANWonderful. A virtual fatherwho abuses dogs.

Both laugh.

BRYANGive me time and everyonewill have their dog. Justbelieve in me.

SONAll right. Send me one smell a day.

EXT. ISTANBUL STREET - DAY.

Bryan and his new colleague Deniz (35), who iswearing a stylish hijab, watch a demonstration ofprotesters carrying “Stop Canal Istanbul” signs.Several light brown stray dogs are lying on thegrass.

Deniz speaks, using hand gestures to express thewords she does not know in English.

DENIZBe careful in our job.

BRYANWhy?

Deniz tucks away a stray lock of hair.

DENIZ(moves a forefinger)

The enemies of the Canal aredetermined to stop theconstruction of the secondBosphorus.

BRYANI am not interested in

politics.

DENIZ(waves a hand)

I mean not these protesters.There are plenty Islamic Stateand Russian spies.

A stray dog comes over and wags his tail.

BRYANI need a dog like this at home.

DENIZI know well what is it meanto be alone.

BRYANThat doesn’t matter to me. Isimply want to investigate thedog’s olfactory mechanismbecause I'm trying to digitisethe canine sense of smell.

A police water canon starts spraying water at thecrowd. A strong jet hits Bryan in the back andpresses him to a wall along with Deniz. Deniz laughs.

DENIZAre you going torelease me? Let’s dryoff.

Bryan mutters and retreats. Deniz takes her wetscarf off. Bryan stares dumbstruck at her long,black, glossy hair.

EXT. ISTANBUL STREET - DAY. DOG’S POV.

A light brown stray dog sniffs at the garbagecontainers. A gang of stray dogs attack him. Thewounded dog runs away and lies down on the bluegrass.

The wind blows a cloud of orange bubbles over. Theblue and yellow figure of a man glides in from thecloud. The man whistles. The smell, image and soundof the figure merge into the shape of Bryan.

Bryan strokes the dog. His hand gets covered inyellow blood.

The sounds of grasshoppers and street carsdisappear. The blue and yellow view goes dark. Thelast to disappear are a few wisps of red and greenwind. Darkness.

INT. VETERINARY CLINIC - DAY.

Bryan and a vet (50) bring in the unconscious dog on astretcher. The vet resembles a pirate with hismoustache, hairy hands and hair tied back with a scarf.

VET(gruff voice)

It will live, the stray. Whatname you want to register itunder?

BRYAN

Name it yourself. Itdoesn’t matter.

VETI will name him predator Kurt,a wolf in English.

BRYANOK, and please embed this chipin to his back and these nano-implants in his skull.

Bryan hands the vet a box that contains the devices.

The Turk glances down at the devices and brings hisface right up to Bryan’s. Both have moustaches.

VETAllah, Allah, I will lose mylicense. I will stitch thewounds and you go away.

The vet closes the door of the surgery. Bryanlooks down into his wallet. The vet opens thedoor.

VETDo you want to create super doglike in movie Mask?

BRYANFrankly, I just want to see scents.

Bryan places several dollar bills on the table. Thepirate’s eyebrows rise. He pushes the dollars back.

VETAllah Allah. Why didn’t youtell me from the beginning? Ialways wished to know whatdoes it mean to have almost amillion times greaterolfactory senses.

The vet laughs a thunderous laugh as he pats Bryanon the back. He shuts the door behind him as heenters the surgery room. He returns after a fewmoments.

VETImplanted. You have to sendme photos of smells.

BRYANYou're actually the firstperson to show any interestin seeing scents.

The pirate laughs and pats Bryan on the back again.

Both carry the sleeping Kurt on stretchers toBryan’s convertible.

INT. APARTMENT - EVENING.

Kurt is sniffing around the room. Bryan iswearing a helmet and watching the lines ofa hologram, but nothing seems to bemoving.

He gives the dog a bone, some meat, water, his socks,shirt and shoes to sniff as he observes the signals.

BRYANSniff, you aren’t a stray dogany more.

Kurt sniffs all the objects with curiosity. Thehologram shows a mess of curves. Bryan brings the sameobjects closer to the dog’s nose again. Kurt turns hisnose away.

BRYAN(shouts, scolds)

Stupid dog. What a tramp.Sniff. I have to send my sona scent.

Kurt lowers his snout, squints and growls showingBryan his big fangs. He starts to bark.

This frightens Bryan, so he cracks a whip againstthe floor. Kurt tucks his tail between his legs andcowers in the corner.

The hologram shows a chaos of signals. Bryantakes the helmet off and pushes his laptopaway.

Both sit in silence. The dog looks up at Bryan andturns his eyes away. The man looks down at the dog.Bryan puts his helmet on again. He puts on his shoesand his coat. Kurt stares at Bryan intensely. The doggets up and carefully approaches the door, slowlywagging his tail.

EXT. STREET - DAY. DOG’S POV.

Bryan is walking in a cloud of scents with Kurt on aleash.

BRYANKurt, smell the tree.

Bryan sits down on the bench and taps his egg-keyboard as he registers the computer smells thatare generated when Kurt sniffs around a tree, peeson it, sniffs another dog and gnaws at the bonesBryan gave him.

BRYAN(mutters)

It’s all just chaos, chaos everywhere.

Angry, Bryan drags the dog home. Kurt barks, growlsand finally gives in, trailing behind Bryan with histail tucked between his legs.

INT. OFFICE - DAY.

Bryan drinks coffee with Deniz at work. Deniz pointsboth her hands in opposite directions like an airhostess.

DENIZYou know we dig Canal Istanbulfrom two sides: the Black Seaand Marmara Sea. Istanbul willbecome an island soon. Yourdrones are registering ahistorical moment. You will seethe beauty of the city from thesky and really you will love it.

BRYANI hope Istanbul’s dogs willhelp reveal the face of thecity too.

DENIZOh! Have you bought a doggy?

BRYANI took a stray in. I’m recordingits brain signals. Look, thismess of lines changes when thedog sniffs different things.

Bryan switches his home camera on with his laptopand both watch Kurt walking around in the room.

DENIZNice dog. He looks like aTurkish Kangal. Bring him towork. Are you friends already?

BRYANWhat for? He’s simplymy lab rat.

DENIZThat’s very cynical. At leastyou are not lonely with thisrat. We could go for walkoutside city together one day.

BRYANSorry, but I’m very busy withmy experiments. My son iswaiting for the first decodedsmell.

Deniz turns around and walks away, angry.

INT/EXT. APARTMENT/YARD - DAY.

Bryan comes home from work. Kurt does not greet himand stares at him from his dog bed as he lies withhis tail tucked between his legs. Bryan sees thatthe bottom of the door has been scratched at andgnawed on, with bits of wood scattered on the floor.

BRYANAh, you tramp.

Kurt snarls.

Bryan goes over to his neighbor's (50) apartment,dragging the stubborn Kurt behind him on a leash. Hehands the Turk a note and the leash.Kurt’s eyes follow the departing Bryan. The neighborwalks down the street with Kurt. The dog walks alongwith his tail between his legs. He stops. He begins tosnarl and bark.

EXT. CANAL AREA - DAY. DOG’S POV.

Bryan comes to work with Kurt and ties his leashnear a heap of sand. He returns to a group of hiscolleagues.

Kurt watches this group of people and recognizesBryan’s smell – a flow of orange bubbles. His bubblespulsate while the smells of other people look stable.

EXT. CANAL AREA - DAY.

Stray dogs attack Kurt. Bryan puts his helmet on andtaps the keys of his egg-keyboard. The colleagues startshouting and indicating toward the pack of dogs.

DENIZShame on you, save your dog.

BRYANStop. This is none of yourbusiness. Do not interruptthe experiment. I need anextreme situation to decodethe signal.

Bryan stops his colleagues by grabbing hold of thesticks they are ready to use to ward off the strays.

EXT. CANAL AREA - DAY. DOG’S POV.

Kurt's transparent snout overlaps the shot. His fangsbite into his attacker’s fur. The strays target Kurt’sears. Yellow blood splashes. Scent clouds surround eachdog.

EXT. CANAL AREA - DAY.

Deniz pushes Bryan aside and runs over to thefighting dogs, shouting.

DENIZDamn your experiments,you are heartless.

Bryan’s helmet falls, his keyboard drops to theground. Deniz finds a stone and throws it at the

pack of dogs. The strays run away. Deniz strokesKurt. Bryan approaches.

Deniz points a forefinger at her forehead and throwsthe leash on the ground. She walks away.

INT. OFFICE - DAY.

Bryan watches a camera view of his apartment on hisscreen. The chaotic signals flare up when Kurt sniffsat his clothes left on the sofa or his his slippers onthe floor.

Deniz walks by with a cup of coffee.

DENIZTorturing the dog again? Iwill call the SPCA.

Deniz slams her hand down on the table.

BRYANNo, no. Don’t be angry. I’msorry for my behavior by theCanal. Look, the master’ssmell, I mean my smell, ismore important to the dogthan the scent of a bone.

The screen shows Kurt jumping up and reaching thewhip, biting it and ripping it to small pieces.Bryan jumps. Kurt start to gnaw at the bottom of thedoor.

Deniz cries with laughter. Her hijab slips andher long thick hair spills out.

Bryan stairs at her with his mouth open.

DENIZYou still don’t get along.

BRYANI probably got a depressed dog.

DENIZLook. I never even heard youmention him by his name, Kurt.Just it, dog or even rat. Inever seen you stroke him. Kurtis real, not virtual and not adrone.

Deniz flicks her hair away from her face.

BRYANWho needs stroking? Maybe youwere right. I should have gotmyself a puppy. K

DENIZGet to know him. You know ourTurkish proverb – “if the

mountain won’t come toMuhammad...”

BRYANUm. Let’s try going for a walkin the woods, the three of us.Do you really think I’m, um,heartless?

DENIZ(working herhair)

Kastro Lagoon near the BlackSea is very nice. I will joinyou next time if you invite meagain. Heartless.

Deniz holds a comb in her mouth as she wraps her hairinto a bun and covers her head with her scarf. Bryanstares.

EXT. KASTRO LAGOON - DAY.

Bryan is at home, he hesitates for a moment with hiscomputer in hand, then throws it on the bed andcalls Kurt over to his convertible.

Bryan builds a tent behind the trees near the sea.

He grills some meet on the fire and both eat

together.

Man and dog walk together in the forest on thecoast. They run and catch each other in the sand.Kurt lets out a friendly bark, Bryan laughs. Theyswim together. They are completely involved witheach other.

Both sleep together in the tent. Kurt slips out intothe fresh air. Bryan follows suit and falls asleepnext to the dog.

The duo walk on the beach. Kurt stops and turns toBryan with his tail between his legs. A gang ofstray dogs is waiting for them.

Bryan picks up a few stones and throws them at thepack. The dogs turn and run. Bryan gives out a war-cry and runs after them. Kurt barks and followstriumphantly.

Kurt stops and watches a lonely figure approachingalong the beach. He runs over to the figure, barkinghappily.

DENIZI’ve just seen a great victory.

BRYAN

We are one gang now,living in paradise. Allwe’re missing is Eve.

DENIZThen teach your Eve to swim.

They embrace. They share a long kiss. Kurt stares.Early in the morning Deniz slips out of the tent.

DENIZStay. Nobody can know but us.

Kurt follows Deniz to her car. Deniz secretly placesher phone on the dog’s back. The sound of scanningcan be heard. Deniz leaves by car.Bryan dismantles the tent. He finds Deniz’s scarfand smells it. Man and dog return singing in thecar.

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT. DOG’S POV.

Bryan lies in bed, delirious with fever. Kurtwhimpers by the bed, licks Bryan’s face. Then heruns to the door and barks through the keyhole. Adoctor enters. He injects Bryan with something.Bryan gets up.

DOCTORWe have to go to the hospital.

Bryan stumbles as he gets dressed. He looks atKurt. Kurt watches intently.

BRYANLeave the medication behind. Iam going to stay with my dog.

Bryan strokes Kurt.

INT. OFFICE - DAY.

After his illness, Bryan comes to work with Kurt.Bryan has grown his hair long and his beard isroundish. His hair and beard look a little likeKurt’s ears and black snout.

Deniz claps her hands together and bursts outlaughing.

DENIZYou look like twins. Wealmost finished the Canalwithout you.

Deniz strokes Kurt.

BRYANI will go home for lunch. Wehave to go for a run.

DENIZAllah, Allah. Muhhamat hascome to the mountain?

BRYANDamned experiments. Kurt’scompletely different now. Heprobably cured his stray dogdepression. The heartless mannow has his own pack. Grrrr.

Bryan bares his teeth and growls as he leaves Deniz.

DENIZ(Quietly to acolleague)

I think both have been cured,not just the dog.

INT. APARTMENT - EVENING.

Bryan and Kurt return from a walk. Bryan blows thedust off the helmet and puts it on. Kurt tucks histail between his legs and cowers in the corner. Avisual of a whip flashes by. Bryan stops and looksat Kurt with surprise.

BRYANKurt, are you afraid?

Bryan puts his virtual headset on instead of thehelmet. Kurts stands up and wags his tail.

Bryan watches as the signals peak in an orderlymanner. No chaos. He strokes Kurt lovingly.

BRYANKurt, we are family now, of thesame pack. Do brain signals onlyreveal themselves to clanmembers?

Bryan sniffs at his shoes. A strong characteristicsignal appears. Bryan is so excited he is almostcrying. He taps the keyboard.

BRYANOh my God! Is it my smell? Is itme? I looked for scents, butfound feelings instead.

Bryan programs as he speaks to Kurt.

BRYANSo, we attribute red andgreen bubbles to the master’ssmell. Wait. How do youdistinguish male from female?Deniz?

Bryan pulls out her scarf from his bag and gives itto Kurt.

BRYANKurt, this is Deniz, Deniz.

Kurt sniffs.

BRYANGreat! Deniz becomes anundulating cloud of orangebubbles. The male bubblesspin. Wait. Let the master’sbubbles pulsate.

Bryan calls his son. The answering machine askswhether he wants to record a message.

BRYANDear son. I am sending you yourfirst scent. Please give it acolor and shape. Kurt and I onlysucceeded today after many daysof failure. I’m sorry I didn’twrite earlier.

Another call.

BRYANDarling, Kurt’s signals are pure.

DENIZIt’s two o’clock. Butcongratulations. You succeeded.What prevented this successbefore?

BRYANI’m not sure. It’s kind of aPavlovian reaction. It seemsas if Kurt’s brain revealsits activity on the conditionthat a friendly pack membertreats him well.

DENIZExcept that this reflex hasformed in both of you. Thereflex to love. Good night, myheartless.

BRYANGood night.

Bryan falls asleep in his chair. Kurt is nearby.

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT. DOG’S POV.

Kurt sees a menacing scent spreading through the gapat the foot of the door. A draught brings a few more

strange green and orange scents through a partlyopen window.

Two pairs of enemy agents enter through thedoor and the window.

A fight ensues between them in the dark. Sweattwinkles in different colors at each agent’sarmpits, mouth, feet and hands. One agent tries tocatch Kurt in a net.

AGENTTake the dog. The manisn’t important.

Kurt bites the invaders. Yellow blood squirts outand evaporates in red crystals. Bryan runs away withKurt.

EXT. ISTANBUL STREET- NIGHT.

Kurt and Bryan run. Bryan tries to make a call.Deniz’s phone is switched off. Kurt’s microchipbuzzes.

Bryan puts his virtual headset on and sees Deniz’spicture and the following message: On Kurt’s chip Ihave saved information about a terrorist attack plannedfor the opening of the canal. The information wasleaked. Sorry I used you both.Missed Kurt.

INT. CANAL AREA - FOG. DOG’S POV.

Pulsating orange cloud indicates where the master ishiding. Agents run through the fog and leave long-lasting color strands of their scents. Bryan runs. Thestrands cross paths.Silhouettes attack Bryan. Kurt attacks the agents.Shooting. Kurt is injured.

INT. CANAL AREA - MORNING.

The Turkish police interferes and arrests theterrorists. Medics arrive in a Yellow Crescent car.Bryan strokes the dying dog.

MEDICSir, you are bleeding. Come tothe car.

BRYAN(hysterically)

Leave me, I beg you, save thedog. I'm not injured.

An injured terrorist slowly rises and throws agrenade. Bryan spots his intention in time andcovers Kurt with his own body. Explosion.

INT. HOSPITAL WARD - DAY.

Bryan lies in bed with his eyes bandaged.CONTINUED:

A doctor enters the room followed by Deniz and thebandaged Kurt. Kurt wags his tail, whimpers andstarts licking Bryan. Bryan laughs happily andstrokes Kurt.

DENIZAllah, Allah, your eyes?

BRYANAre you safe? Is the canal open?

DENIZ(starts crying)

Everything is OK. The canal isflowing. And will you be able toforgive me? I will be your guidedog if necessary.

DOCTORHanim, please leave us withthe patient. You will discussyour relations later.

Deniz exits. Bryan strokes Kurt.

DOCTORYou have lost your sight due toretinal damage. We have tried tofix your retina with a laser.You will recover your sightfully in a few months when allyour injuries heal.

BRYANIt means I will be blind forsome time?

DOCTORWe can implant temporarysensors for the blind andconnect them to a video camera.

BRYANThat’s probably what I need.Doctor what does a newbornbaby see?

DOCTORIt sees everything upsidedown. The brain reverses thisin a few days.

Bryan puts his hand on the dog’s head.

BRYAN

I agree to the sensor implants.And I have a video camera of myown.

Bryan strokes Kurt’s snout with his palm.

DOCTORNonsense, what kind of invention is this?

BRYANProfessor, what area dominatesthe human brain?

DOCTORThe visual area, of course.

BRYANAnd the olfactory areasis dominant in a dog’sbrain.

DOCTORAnd you want to connect thesetwo fields?

EXT. HOSPITAL PARK- DAY.

The doctor and Deniz lead Bryan with bandaged eyesto the bench. The blind Bryan taps the keys of hisegg-keyboard. Kurt sits nearby. Bryan jumps. Thereis contact!

EXT. HOSPITAL PARK - DAY. SOMEBODY’S POV.

A chaos of colors. Orange pulsating spots obtain asharpness and indicate the armpits, mouth and feet of asitting man. Blue plants appear in the park. Branchesof trees swing in a pink wind and appear in contrast.The blue figure of a human emerges from a scent aura.The man stands up. He takes a step. The view fromunderneath follows him.

EXT. HOSPITAL PARK - DAY.

Bryan has Kurt on a leash and makes his first stepsdown a path. He starts to run. He turns to run onto thegrass. He jumps over a small bump.

DENIZSo he is blind?

DOCTOR(smiles)

The blind man’s eyes runfaithfully by his side. Hisnose too.

EXT. DISNEYLEND FLORIDA - DAY.

Bryan, his son and Kurt visit a new theme park. Theyreceive VR headsets at the entrance. Bryan refuses his.The son puts his headset on. Colored scent hologramsappear in the wind. Every visitor has a dog and admiresthe visual scents.

SONWow! This is not our Earth.Everything seems so different toour Kurt. Sorry, dad, I haddoubts about you. You succeeded.

Bryan taps his forehead.

BRYANYou helped me paint scents whenKurt sent them to me.

SONDon’t go back to Istanbul. Youhave so much to do here.

BRYANSo, Kurt and I have found a way todiagnose cancer with a 100%accuracy. But our main job is tolearn to live on this alien planet– in a dog’s world. I see how Kurtsmells your injured knee and thebanana pancakes you ate forbreakfast. How a small puppy lickedyou and a frightened boy shook yourhand.

EXT. NYC CENTRAL PARK - DAY.

Only pairs walk and run through the park. Pairsmade of dogs and humans wearing helmets. Kurt runspast with Deniz.

THE END